Lantern Festival, Missouri Botanical Garden

Even though St. Louis lacks access to beautiful mountains and beaches, we are blessed with a few fantastic sites such as the Muny Opera, the St. Louis Zoo, and the Missouri Botanical Gardens.  This year the Gardens hosted a Chinese Lantern Festival which was really cool. 



Terra Cotta Warrior Wayne



The lanterns were illuminated at 8:00, just before nightfall

Always a great day for a wedding at the Gardens!!

Chinese Dragons, of course!!

2 faces of the 4-faced Buddha

Butterfly lovers

The Temple

A fisherman and his friend

and he actually caught a fish!!

Cherry Blossom Tree

Chinese goddesses lining the pathway

Double Seventh Festival

Three Dragons

Moonlit Pathway

Pandas!!!

Porcelain Dragon (made out of plates!!)

Lily pads reflected in the water

Now they are lit!

Entrance to the Gardens